PERES HITS TERRORISM, URGES STRONG SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBYA

Jonathan Broder, Chicago TribuneCHICAGO TRIBUNE

Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres on Wednesday demanded ''unequivocal sanctions'' against countries that support terrorist groups and declared that Israel would step up its struggle against international terrorism on all fronts.

Peres, in a speech to parliament on the Arab massacres in Rome and Vienna last week that left 18 people dead and more than 100 wounded, singled out the Abu Nidal Palestinian terrorist faction and its main supporter, Libya, for the strongest condemnation. But he also blasted the mainstream Palestine Liberation Organization of Yasser Arafat, calling Abu Nidal`s group an

''offspring of the PLO.''

''Israel will redouble its war against every terrorist organization, against every individual terrorist, against terrorist bases, and will stand up to every terrorist act,'' Peres said.

''Israel will act with all the means at its disposal--in pre-emptive operations, in direct confrontation, in punitive actions,'' he said.

Peres called for more coordination between states fighting terrorism, including intelligence-sharing; tightened security measures on aircraft, ships and at airports; clear extradition treaties; and ''unequivocal sanctions against countries that grant financial aid, weapons, bases or refuge to terrorists.''

Peres` tough speech followed clear signals from the United States that the Reagan adminstration would not oppose an Israeli reprisal against those responsible for the almost-simultaneous attacks last Friday on the check-in counters of El Al Israel Airlines in the Rome and Vienna airports.

''If we can find who they are, or if another nation can find out who they are and they attack them, wipe them out, that`s fine with us,'' White House spokesman Larry Speakes said Monday.

Israeli and U.S. officials have said the Abu Nidal faction was probably behind the airport attacks.

In California, President Reagan and his aides reviewed a list of possible military options prepared by the Joint Chiefs of Staff in response to the airport attacks, including U.S. air strikes on Libya.

Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy said Libya would ''welcome'' Israeli or American retaliation for the airport attacks and warned that such action would provoke ''furious counteractions by the Palestinians. Tit for tat. If you come back, we come back.''

''We have the right to follow American citizens in their own streets, and we have the right to follow Jews in occupied Palestine'' if they retaliate, Khadafy told reporters in Tripoli, the Libyan capital.

In calling for a ''general and comprehensive'' war on international terror, Peres said sanctions against countries such as Libya that support terrorism had to go far beyond a one-time military strike.

''There are some who propose a military operation against Libya,'' Peres said. ''But before one speaks of military operations, some simple questions must be asked: Why is Libya treated with a measure of forgiveness and a closing of eyes?

''Khadafy is accorded receptions, and his country is exempt from political, legal or economic punitive measures. If such forgiveness toward the violent organizations does not stop, if the countries abetting murder are not struck at, the war against terrorism will never be won.''

With a green light from the U.S., official circles here believe it is only a matter of time before Israel retaliates for the airport attacks. Members of Peres` Labor Party in Israel`s coalition government favor a measured response against the Abu Nidal group, while more hawkish Likud bloc members are urging Peres to strike at the PLO.

In giving its blessing to an Israeli retaliatory strike, the U.S. also cautioned Israel not to take action that would set back current diplomatic efforts toward peace talks between Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians.

Peres said the same international climate of ''forgiveness and light-mindedness'' that tolerates states such as Libya had allowed the PLO to appear as a responsible political organization. It was the PLO, Peres noted, that gave birth to the Abu Nidal faction.

''On the basis of that mistaken assumption, the PLO was permitted to establish public and official representations in many places around the world,'' Peres said. ''But it remains an organization that deals in terrorism and refrains from taking political decisions.''